Electronic device and method for presenting files

Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display; a storing module, an accessing module, a display controller, a sensing module, and a file operating module. The accessing module obtains a folder representative icon from the storage module. The display controller displays the folder representative icon on the touch-sensitive display. The sensing module detects a first slide operation along a first direction on the folder representative icon. The file operating module spreads out a first display window, along the first direction from a side of the folder representative icon to display the sub-folder representative icon. The sensing module further detects a second slide operation on the sub-folder representative icon. The file operating module further spreads out the second display window, along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, from a side of the sub-folder representative icon.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic device comprising:
 a touch-sensitive display; 
 a storing module, the storing module is configured to store a folder and a sub-folder, and a first file; the folder being displayed as a folder representative icon on the touch-sensitive display, the sub-folder being displayed as a sub-folder representative icon in a first display window on the touch-sensitive display, and the first file being displayed as a first file representative icon in a second display window on the touch-sensitive display; 
 an accessing module, the accessing module is configured to obtain the folder representative icon from the storage module; 
 a display controller, the display controller is configured to display the folder representative icon on the touch-sensitive display; 
 a sensing module, the sensing module is configured to detect a first slide operation along a first direction on the touch-sensitive display on the folder representative icon; and 
 a file operating module, the file operating module is configured to spread out the first display window from a first side edge of the folder representative icon along the first direction to display the sub-folder representative icon when the first slide operation is detected; 
 wherein the sensing module is further configured to detect a second slide operation on the touch-sensitive display on the sub-folder representative icon after the first display window is spread out; and the file operating module is further configured to spread out the second display window from a second side edge of the sub-folder representative icon, along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, to display the first file representative icons when the second slide operation is detected; and the first side edge is connected to and substantially perpendicular to the second side edge. 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the file operating module is further configured to draw back the second display window when a third slide operation, along a third direction opposite to the second direction on the second display window, is detected. 
     
     
       3. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the file operating module is further configured to draw back the first display window when a third slide operation, along a third direction opposite to the first direction on the first display window, is detected. 
     
     
       4. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the storing module is further configured to store a second file, the second file being displayed as a second file representative icon in the first display window on the touch-sensitive display, the second file representative icon and the sub-folder representative icon are displayed on the touch-sensitive display after the first display window is spread out. 
     
     
       5. The electronic device of  claim 4 , wherein the second file representative icon and the sub-folder representative icon are arranged in a straight line in the first display window; and the sub-folder representative icon is located at a cross portion where the first display window and the second display window meet and cross each other. 
     
     
       6. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the file operating module is further configured to exchange representative icons between the first display window and the second display window. 
     
     
       7. A file presenting method comprising:
 obtaining a folder representative icon; 
 displaying the folder representative icon on a touch sensitive display; 
 detecting a slide operation on the folder representative icon substantially along a first direction; 
 spreading out a first display window on the touch sensitive display along the first direction from a first side edge of the folder representative icon to display a sub-folder representative icon on the touch sensitive display; 
 detecting a second slide operation substantially along a second direction on the sub-folder representative icon; wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and 
 spreading out a second display window on the touch sensitive display, along the second direction, from a second side edge of the sub-folder representative icon to display a first file representative icon in the second display window touch sensitive display; wherein the first side edge is connected to and substantially perpendicular to the second side edge. 
 
     
     
       8. The file presenting method of  claim 7 , further comprising drawing back the second display window when a third slide operation, along a third direction opposite to the second direction, on the second display window is detected. 
     
     
       9. The file presenting method of  claim 7 , further comprising drawing back the first display window when a third slide operation, along a third direction opposite to the first direction, on the first display window is detected. 
     
     
       10. The file presenting method of  claim 7 , further comprising displaying a second file representative icon in the first display window; wherein the sub-folder representative icon is located at a cross portion where the first display window and the second display window meet and cross each other. 
     
     
       11. The file presenting method of  claim 7 , further comprising exchanging representative icons between the first display window and the second display window. 
     
     
       12. A file presenting method, comprising:
 providing an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a touch-sensitive display, a storing module, an accessing module, a display controller, a sensing module, and a file operating module; 
 obtaining a folder representative icon from the storing module via the accessing module; 
 displaying the folder representative icon on the touch-sensitive display via the display controller; 
 detecting a first slide operation on the folder representative icon substantially along a first direction via the sensing module; 
 spreading out a first display window on the touch-sensitive display from a first side edge of the folder representative icon via the file operating module along the first direction to display a sub-folder representative icon on the touch-sensitive display; 
 detecting a second slide operation on the sub-folder representative icon via the sensing module; and 
 spreading out a second display window on the touch-sensitive display from a second side edge of the sub-folder representative icon via the file operating module, substantially along a second direction to display a first file representative icon touch sensitive display, wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and the first side edge is connected to and substantially perpendicular to the second side edge. 
 
     
     
       13. The file presenting method of  claim 12 , further comprising drawing back the second display window via the file operating module when a third slide operation, along a third direction opposite to the second direction on the touch-sensitive display, is detected. 
     
     
       14. The file presenting method of  claim 12 , further comprising drawing back the first display window via the file operating module when a third slide operation, along a third direction opposite to the first direction, on the touch-sensitive display, is detected. 
     
     
       15. The file presenting method of  claim 12 , further comprising displaying a file representative icon in the first display window via the display controller; wherein the sub-folder representative icon is located at a cross portion where the first display window and the second display window meet and cross each other. 
     
     
       16. The file presenting method of  claim 12 , further comprising exchanging representative icons via the file operating module between the first display window and the second display window.